DWP Delays Universal Credit Pilot Roll Out

The DWP has again changed the timetable for the roll out of universal credit after confirming universal credit will be rolled out to new claimants in Hammersmith and Fulham from today (28 October). It previously announced it would also be rolled out in Rugby, Inverness, Harrogate, Bath and Shotton from October – but universal credit will only now be applied to these areas ‘by the spring’. The move represents another delay by the DWP, which initially hoped the policy would apply to all new claimants across Britain by the end of October.  Read more on Inside Housing.